http://www.ladysilvia.org http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18874/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18874/scienza/0/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:12:13 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today unveiled a new Mac® Pro line with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation.* Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD), the new Mac Pro continues to deliver amazing performance and expandability for the most demanding consumers and professionals. “The new Mac Pro is the most powerful and configurable Mac we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With up to 12 cores, the new Mac Pro outperforms our previous top-of-the-line system by up to 50 percent, and with over a billion possible ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18867/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18867/scienza/0/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41:39 +0200 CUPERTINO, California Apple® today unveiled a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with stunning 2560 x 1440 resolution and 60 percent more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. Featuring a built-in iSight® video camera, microphone and speakers, powered USB 2.0 hub, and universal MagSafe® connector, the new LED Cinema Display is an ideal companion for the MacBook® family or a Mac® desktop, and is available for $999. “With built-in MagSafe charging, iSight camera, speakers, and USB ports, the LED Cinema Display is ideal for MacBook and MacBook Pro users,”said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With its massive 2560 x 1440 resolution, the new 27-inch LED Cinema Display is a ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18786/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18786/scienza/0/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:40:47 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Dear iPhone 4 Users, The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned. To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18785/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18785/scienza/0/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:38:09 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.* Beginning this Friday, customers can purchase all models of iPad through Apple’s ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18641/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18641/scienza/0/ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:48:24 +0200 CUPERTINO, California—June 28, 2010—Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, and Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video. “This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply.” iPhone 4 also features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD 720p video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18466/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18466/scienza/0/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:16:01 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac® mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at $699, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS® X, iLife® or Mac OS X Snow Leopard® Server. “The sleek, aluminum Mac mini packs great features, versatility and value into an elegant, amazingly compact design,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With twice the graphics performance, HDMI support and industry-leading energy efficiency, customers are going to love the new Mac mini.” ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18385/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18385/scienza/0/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:01:23 +0200 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple® today presented the new iPhone® 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time—in a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. iOS 4 features Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18284/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18284/scienza/0/ Mon, 31 May 2010 16:59:11 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year. “Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.” iPad allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18209/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/18209/scienza/0/ Mon, 24 May 2010 18:24:22 +0200 UPERTINO, California - Apple® will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. This year’s WWDC sold out in a record eight days to over 5,000 developers. The five-day event running from June 7 to June 11, is focused on providing advanced content for skilled developers across five key technology tracks: Application Frameworks; Internet & Web; Graphics & Media; Developer Tools; and Core OS. Apple engineers will deliver over 100 solutions-oriented technical sessions and labs. WWDC 2010 gives an incredibly diverse community the opportunity to connect with thousands of fellow iPhone®, iPad™ and Mac® developers from around the world. Apple ignited ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17986/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17986/scienza/0/ Fri, 07 May 2010 19:08:21 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday, May 10. In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17928/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17928/scienza/0/ Mon, 03 May 2010 20:16:38 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad™ on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. “One million iPads in 28 days - that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.” iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17615/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17615/scienza/0/ Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:17:53 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today updated the MacBook® Pro line with faster processors, powerful next-generation NVIDIA graphics and even longer battery life. The popular 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor for up to 80 percent faster graphics and a groundbreaking 10-hour built-in battery.* The new 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models feature Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and Apple’s new automatic graphics switching technology that toggles seamlessly between powerful NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and energy efficient Intel HD Graphics processors. “The new MacBook Pro is as advanced on the inside as it is stunning on the outside,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17540/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/17540/scienza/0/ Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:26:23 +0200 CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today previewed its iPhone® OS 4 software and released a beta version of the software to iPhone Developer Program members. The iPhone OS 4 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,500 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and over 100 new features that will be available to iPhone and iPod touch® users this summer. New features include Multitasking for third party apps; Folders to better organize and access apps; improved Mail with a unified inbox, fast inbox switching and threaded messages; enhanced Enterprise support with even better data protection, mobile device management, wireless app distribution and more; Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform; and iBooks, the delightful new ebook reader ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16793/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/16793/scienza/0/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:32:08 +0100 SafariThe large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating the web has never been easier or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. Scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen. Or pinch to zoom in or out on a photo. There’s also a thumbnail view that shows all your open pages in a grid, to let you quickly move from one page to the next.MailSee and touch your email in ways you never could before. In landscape, you get a ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/16300/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/16300/scienza/0/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:37:04 +0100 Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2’s platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA.  As ESA’s full-sized Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission soared skyward by Rockot launcher on 2 November, it had a smaller companion. Piggybacking along was Proba-2, which occupies less than a cubic metre in volume with only one fifth of SMOS’s mass. But Proba-2 is just as complex as a standard mission – it is second in the Proba (Project for Onboard Autonomy) series of satellites, providing low-cost flight testing opportunities to European industry. The satellite carries 17 technology experiments ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/16060/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/16060/scienza/0/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:04:26 +0200 NASA Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, CA) will be hosting an all-night event (October 8 and 9) featuring a real-time moment in space exploration as the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impacts the moon to search for water ice and vapor. The LCROSS Impact event will be held outdoors at NASA Ames Research Center from 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8 through 6:30 a.m. Friday, October 9, with impact occurring at 4:30 a.m. October 9. The special night of programming includes guest speakers (7:30-9:00 p.m.), feature films (9:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. - reserved tickets required), a special live performance by Kenji Williams (2:30 a.m.), and live mission coverage on a large, outdoor screen (3:15-5:00 a.m.). Capacity at this event is limited. Please check the ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15298/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15298/scienza/0/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:47:06 +0200 Pisa: Born in Catania in 1935, he graduated in 1958 in Mathematical sciences and moved to Pisa the following year where he worked on the CEP project in the logical mathematics group at CSCE. He became a professor at the University of Siena in 1984. Since 1993 he has been a professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Siena, where he has been actively involved. The various research fi elds he has been in include numerical calculation and computer assisted learning. He is the coordinator of GDL Informatica e Didattica dell’Aica, and is also a member of the board of directors. He is a member of the board at Cineca and Consorzio Nettuno, and on scientifi c committees of several scientifi c ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15295/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15295/scienza/0/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:21:24 +0200 Pisa: opened prestigious collaborations, for example with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. In the same spirit, we are setting up a School of Computer Sciences, on the lines of the Scuola Normale (editor's note: another school of advanced studies in Pisa), which will operate within the University of Pisa, with scholarships for students funded by public organizations and businesses. Research in computer science in Pisa has built up to its position of excellence as a result of a long history that began with the CEP. It is on this tradition that the PhD school is based. Our new advanced school will give a standard of excellence to the other levels of university education, without the need to get anything by political means. who is Giorgio Levi? Giorgio ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15294/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/ladysilvia/15294/scienza/0/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:09:25 +0200 Pisa: In the second half of the 1960s, the CSCE - Study Center on Electronic Calculators - was about to become the IEI (institute for information processing) under the management of Gianfranco Capriz and would then move to Via Santa Maria in Pisa. The CEP was still ‘alive’ but would soon be replaced by the powerful IBM machine brought to the CNUCE by Alessandro Faedo. The Center was set to become one of the the most important reference points for scientifi c computing in Italy. It had been Faedo’s idea - very courageous and forward looking - to bring IT to the University of Pisa, with the establishment of a degree course in computer sciences. It started off in 1969 hosted by the Faculty of Sciences. Teachers and youngsters At the same time another decision was brewing ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/14122/scienza/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.org/astronomia/14122/scienza/0/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:59:26 +0100 Venus Express has made the first detection of an atmospheric loss process on Venus's day-side. Last year, the spacecraft revealed that most of the lost atmosphere escapes from the night-side. Together, these discoveries bring planetary scientists closer to understanding what happened to the water on Venus, which is suspected to have once been as abundant as on Earth.The spacecraft's magnetometer instrument (MAG) detected the unmistakable signature of hydrogen gas being stripped from the day-side. "This is a process that was believed to be happening at Venus but this is the first time we measured it," says Magda Delva, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, who leads the investigation. Thanks to its carefully chosen orbit, Venus Express is strategically positioned to investigate ]]>